Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly
Insecta (Hexapoda) > Diptera > Tephritidae
Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Photographer: Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Contact: USDA ARS Photo Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Descriptor: Adult(s)
Description: The production of medflies can be realized in the laboratory by bathing medfly eggs in warm water???a process that kills the female embryos but doesn't harm the male embryos. In the pupal stage, the males canbe irradiated to render them sexually sterile.
Image Citation:
Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, www.forestryimages.org
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